Michael Tolkin

Writer and producer. Born 17 October 1950 in New York City, New York, USA.

Titles on Fi1m1 acting · 1 directing · 4 writing

Average Fi1m scoreas writer · 4 titles

Oscar nomination

Born

17 October 1950, New York City, New York, USA

Active

1978–present

Frequently works with

David Brown, Nick Wechsler

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

The spread

80 and above1

60 to 792

Under 601

Of 4 reviewed titles as writer.

In numbers

Reviewed: 2 films, 2 series
Screen time: 4 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $70m across 2 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar nomination
Active: 1978–present

Genres

Drama3
Crime2
Action1
Comedy1
Music1
Romance1

Best and worst on Fi1m

86BestTaxi1978

46WorstNine2009

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

21970s

11980s

61990s

42000s

22010s

12020s

Producers most worked with

David Brown2 titles

Nick Wechsler2 titles

Awards

Academy Awards1 nominated

Nominated1993Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · The Player

Other awards1 won

Won1993Edgar Awards: Edgar Awards

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.